Trenton Children's Chorus Timeline
In addition to the performances listed below, the Concert Choir, Training Choir and High School Choir perform a family concert each year in May and December.
1991
May Six TCC members join Bach Choir to sing performance of Hymnody of Earth with American Boychoir at Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1992
March Mystic, CT Choir Festival for Children and Youth. 12 TCC and 12 NPC sing jointly
April Noyes Fludde, full TCC, full NPC
May Benefit for TASP and Crisis Ministry (Trenton area food bank and rent and utility assistance organization) Choir Festival with Trinity Episcopal Church, NPC and TCC
1993
March Opera Festival of NJ - members of BC and TCC are Children's Chorus in Carmen
August O Jonah at NPC, TCC and NPC children
1994
April Young Artists' Recital, younger TCC with NPC Carol Choir at NPC
1995
January Martin Luther King Day celebration at Princeton University. TCC joins NPC Bach Choir and Senior High Choir
April Festival of Singing Children, NJ State Museum, Trenton BC and TCC (host choir)
May Central NJ Choristers Guild Festival at Maplewood, NJ - Carol Choir, Celebration Singers and TCC
September Four members of TCC Concert division rehearse weekly with BC on Sunday nights and sing performances, including the making of a Christmas CD.(This CD is available for purchase. Contact for further information.)
November American Orff-Schulwerk Association National Convention, Philadelphia - TCC, Bach Choir and Senior High Choir
December BC with four TCC members, guest choir with Delaware Valley Philharmonic in Newtown, PA
December TCC and two members of BC sang children's chorus in Carmen for the Boheme Opera Company of Trenton
1997
January Nearly 100% of TCC Concert division come weekly on Sunday evenings to rehearse with NPC Bach Choir
March Concert Division of TCC and BC sing together at Festival of Singing Children, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton. (TCC host choir)
April Same group sings for Young Artists' Recital at NPC
May Same groups sings for Young Scholars Institute Benefit Concert in Trenton, opening for Cissy Houston
September Weekend Retreat near Delaware Water Gap, followed by weekly rehearsals for newly formed Covenant Singers, a formal blended choir of approximately 40 children grades 4 - 8, approximately half from TCC and half from NPC
November Poetry and Song Workshop, family Potluck Supper, overnight and concert for Covenant Singers
1998
March Three-day tour of Covenant Singers to Mystic, CT
April Sing the National Anthem at a Trenton Thunder (AAA Minor League baseball) game
April TCC and NPC middle school choir form the treble choir for Bach St. Matthew Passion with the Princeton Pro Musica
October TCC and NPC Choirs for Children and Youth co-commission and perform the world premiere of Hold Fast to Dreams by jazz legend Dave Brubeck. Using 19 poems of Langston Hughes, the work was accompanied by the Dave Brubeck Quartet in a benefit concert for Princeton Outreach Projects, Inc.
December Concert with the Greater Trenton Symphony for the re-opening of the Trenton War Memorial
1999
April Festival of Children's Voices, Trenton State Museum (host choir)
June CS three day trip to the Hudson Valley, including a sail on The Clearwater: Classroom of the Waves and singing at West Point Chapel for Sunday worship
Fall CS prepares and records the CD Oh What a Wonderful Gift. (This CD is currently available. Contact for more information)
2000
January CS performs the National Anthem for the Trenton Shooting Stars basketball game at Sovereign Arena, Trenton on Martin Luther King Day
February TCC performs at Trenton City Council in honor of Black History Month
February Covenant Singers trip to NYC, singing at Christ Church in Manhattan, and visiting the Sony Museum
April Trenton Children's Chorus performance with the Hopewell Valley Chorus
April Trenton Children's Chorus performance at the NJ State Museum
October Covenant Singers weekend retreat
December Covenant Singers perform with Greater Trenton Symphony, annual holiday concert at the War Memorial
2001
February Covenant Singers perform portions of Brubeck's Hold Fast to Dreams with Philadelphia's Singing City Choir
March Covenant Singers weekend trip to Clark Summit, PA
March TCC hosts A Festival of Song at the NJ State Museum Invitational Festival of Children's Voices
April TCC performs a second concert with the Hopewell Valley Chorus
November TCC performs at the Open House of the new Crisis Ministry building in Trenton
November TCC sings at the worship service of the Presbytery of New Brunswick, NJ
December Covenant Singers performs St. Nicholas by Benjamin Britten, at Christ Church, NYC
2002
April TCC performs a third concert with the Hopewell Valley Chorus
April Concert Choir attends Youth Choral Festival at Morris Conservatory
April Covenant Singers trip to Wilmington, DE to sing for worship service
September Covenant Singers sing for Corella Bonner Memorial Service at the Princeton University Chapel
September Covenant Singers perform for Mercer County Interfaith Hospitality Network Gospel Festival
October TCC sings for Presbytery of New Brunswick
October Covenant Singers retreat at Camp Johnsonburg, NJ
October TCC High School Choir formed
October Covenant Singers sing for Nassau Presbyterian Children's Sabbath service
2003
January Covenant Singers, High School Choir and alumni sing National Anthem for Princeton-Harvard Basketball
February Covenant Singers trip to Winchester, VA and Washington, DC. Sing for Interfaith Prayer Service of the Children's Defense Fund at the National Cathedral
April TCC performs 4th annual concert with the Hopewell Valley Chorus
April Hear Our Children Sing concert with the Training Choir, American Boychoir
May TCC performs a benefit concert with Bobby McFerrin at Patriots Theater at the Trenton War Memorial, New Jersey
September Covenant Singers-Benefit Concert for American Cancer Society, Chinese Chapter
November Festival of Children's Voices, all choirs, at the NJ State Museum
2004
February Covenant Singers trip to Boston with TCC High School Choir and high school youth of Nassau Presbyterian Church. Performances in Newton, South Boston and for Common Cathedral, Boston Common
March TCC performs 5th annual concert with the Hopewell Valley Chorus
April High School Choir performs with Westminster Conservatory Chorus, Rider University
May Covenant Singers perform Carmina Burana & Chichester Psalms with Princeton Pro Musica, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University
May Selected members perform with Queen Esther Marrow in Passage Theater production of In Mahalia's Light
October High School Choir performs Randol Bass's Gloria with Princeton Pro Musica at Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University
October Covenant Singers sing for Interfaith Prayer Service of the Children's Defense Fund at the National Cathedral, Washington, DC
November Training Choir sings for Legal Defense Fund celebration of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education at the Institute for Advanced Study
Note
TCC = Trenton Children's Chorus; NPC = Nassau Presbyterian Church; TASP = Trenton After School Program; BC = Bach Choir (ended spring 1997) a choir of approximately 25 children who sing in both the regular choirs of Nassau Presbyterian Church and this "extra mile choir"; CS = Covenant Singers, a blended choir, grades 4-8, half from TCC and half from NPC who rehearse together once a week (began fall 1997).